LISTEN: Somerville firefighters battle Appleton blaze

Friday

Jan 27, 2017 at 1:46 PMJan 27, 2017 at 1:46 PM

Caitlyn Kelleher Wicked Local staff @CMKelleher

Somerville firefighters responded to a multi-alarm fire in the early hours of Friday, Jan. 26.

It took more than an hour and forty minutes to get the fire knocked down and another hour before it was considered under control, according to the scanner chatter by the firefighters at the Appleton Street fire. Seven people were transported the hospital.

The firefighters reported a blaze that had engulfed the front porch and much of the home in the early reports on the scanner. As they continued to work, firefighters had to evacuate the building and the create a collapse zone because of the slate tiles that were falling from the roof.